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Mandy and Kate listen to your speak pipes, share a cry, difference and laugh and ask you to listen to the summer series! Thanks for listening all year, you are the best podcast listeners ever! We love you all! "see you" on the 25th December, K and M x Melbourne's forecast today is for a humid, slightly rainy 25 degrees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the next two weeks, Mandy and Kate listen to your amazing speak pipes and wrap up the year that was! How they love listening to your voice and hearing your opinions. Oh and you even get to hear Kate's dog in the background of the pod laundry! Forecast for Melbourne on the 7th December 2023 is a sunny 26 degrees! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mandy and Kate chat to Sue, Chair of Carers Victoria,  the peak body representing all unpaid carers in Victoria. Sue is an experienced communications consultant who has worked in executive roles and run her own business for many years, while also caring for her four children. Sue’s two oldest children both had a very rare genetic condition called Niemann Pick Disesase Type C. Her daughter Jas died from the condition at the age of 14, and her son George also died of the condition three and...

Kate and Mandy chat with super duo mother-in-law Sue and daughter-in-law Mel, founders of Snuggly Bags by Ellie, a company that makes sleeping bags in sizes 4-16 for kids who have trouble staying under the covers at night! Snuggly Bags by Ellie is inspired by Mel’s fifteen-year-old daughter Ellie, who is diagnosed with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. Once she’d grown out of her size 4 sleeping bag, Ellie had trouble sleeping under the covers, yet Mel couldn’t find bigger sleeping bag sizes to suit...

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Mandy and Kate chat to Cally, Director of Smith-Magenis Syndrome Australia and Chair of Melbourne Inner East Special Olympics Club. Cally’s 18-year-old daughter Amelie was diagnosed with rare chromosonal disorder Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) at age three.  Cally chats about Amelie’s life with SMS, including some chronic sleep issues that saw her falling asleep in funny places during the day, the commonly overlapping symptoms with autism, ADHD, OCD and sensory issues, and her journey through...

This week, Mandy chats with Kelly Stirton, coach of the CommBank Paramatildas, Australia’s first national football team for women and girls with cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury and symptoms of stroke.  Competing this week in the IFCPF 2023 Asia-Oceania Championships at the Home of The Matildas in Melbourne, the Paramatildas are currently undefeated after four matches against Japan and Nepal. The team is also ranked #1 internationally and came second in the IFCPF World Cup in 2022, an...

Mandy and Kate chat with Sharon, founder of The Functional Family and award-winning ADHD coach who provides life-changing practical strategies and support for people with ADHD.  Sharon’s husband and three boys all have ADHD. Using her lived experience, her studies at ADDCA in New York and the International Coaching Federation, and over 15 years of research into ADHD, Sharon founded The Functional Family six years ago to help families like her own feel more supported.  The Functional Family...

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Mandy and Kate chat with the lovely Tara, they talk about Tara's incredible creative home based play therapy, and learn all about her daughter Willow, who has a diagnosis of cerebral palsy and autism. Also, they chat about Kindship. Tara is Kindship's Head of Marketing, Creative Director, and the go-to-girl for all things play therapy related. Tara's background is Primary Teaching and Early Childhood Education. Melbourne tomorrow will be 21 degrees and mostly sunny! Plus:  Listen to our...

Kate and Mandy talk to Tracey Corbin-Matchett OAM, CEO of Bus Stop Films, who make films with, for and about people from diverse backgrounds and abilities. Bus Stop Films’s Accessible Film Studies Program offers people the chance to learn about filmmaking and working in the screen industry. The year-long program teaches practical and creative screen industry skills while also providing the opportunity to build community, make friends, increase confidence and learn work-ready...

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Mandy and Kate talk to Jo and Kai from Kaiko Fidgets. Kaiko Fidgets is based in Melbourne and was co-founded by Kai, who is both autistic and dyslexic, while he was still at school. With the help of his OT mum Jo, who also has ADHD and autism, Kai has now developed a huge range of fidget designs to help with all sorts of needs, and also employs other young people with diverse needs in the business.  Kai and Jo share their story of founding the business, making and testing products, and the...

Kate and Mandy chat to Chantelle, AKA famous blogger Fat Mum Slim! Chantelle shared her “wild” journey with her 15-year-old daughter Lacey, who has a diagnosis of ADHD. Frank and brave, Chantelle talks about the very nasty experience of bullying that her daughter has been going through at school due to her neurodiversity, and the internalised ableism and lack of accountability from the young bullies, their parents and the community that has caused and enabled it.  Chantelle talks about her...

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Mandy and Kate chat to Sinead, a speaker and advocate for Pea mums and carers in the disability community. Sinead is the host of podcast Finding Happy and mum to her 15-year-old son Torryn who has Down Syndrome and autism.  Sinead shares her adventurous and sometimes tumultuous journey raising her family while traveling and moving around the world. From London to Thailand to Australia to the United States and back home to Australia again, Sinead talks about the ups and downs of managing...

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Kate and Mandy chat to Kate, a warm and colourful Pea mum from country Victoria with a powerful story about her beloved boys.    Kate’s oldest child Michael has an acquired brain injury and her second child Jack is legally blind. Michael was struck by a car while helping his brother cross the road, and spent six months in hospital recovering, including a month in ICU. He’s now non-verbal and requires constant care, but still goes on plenty of adventures like water skiing and skydiving. Jack...

This week, Kate flys solo chatting to Pea Dad Phil, CEO of Wallara, a leading provider of adult disability support services in Melbourne’s southeast. Phil has a young adult daughter Phoebe who has an intellectual disability and is non-verbal.  Following a 12-year stint working all over the world for the NBA, Phil took on the CEO role at Wallara. Wallara provides innovative support for people to grow, work, explore and live while also educating and engaging the community to drive inclusion....

Mandy and Kate chat to Sarah, twin mum and founder of Wholesome Blends, Australasia’s first real food option for enteral feeding.  Sarah was inspired to start Wholesome Blends by her twin son Lewis, who at the age of three, unexpectedly suffered a stroke and developed a hemiplegia.  As a result, Lewis found the gross motor tasks of eating and swallowing to be very difficult and unpleasant. A subsequent diagnosis of ADHD also complicated matters, as Lewis also experienced the appetite...

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Today, Mandy and Kate chat with the amazing powerhouse Haney. Mandy met Haney on the sidelines of Molly's Special Olympics soccer game, and they hit it off straight away. Haney runs Holistic Quality Support. A fresh new, exciting support service! Holistic Quality Support is a Melbourne owned and operated organisation established to provide care and support in an environment that encourages its members to learn essential life skills all whilst developing social skills, relationships and most...

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